66  Wine-making. BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. Wine-making. 
Some, however, ape that mage wines are V' 
or, cely This was th 
ceived opinion of foreigners =i of a a. many Amer- 
too; also most uran 
ines UCL 
‘ore 
best varieties and by progressing in im the art ot wine- 
making, fully eq 
countries of Europe. This is no idle boast, no mere 
opinion of our own. The good qualities of American 
2 
Wiles are Ih 
tial judges. “Prof. ‘St Pierre, a late celebrated Direc 
» Agricultural School ontpellier,; says in ite 
“Memoir” (Extract from his itheomen 
“The study of wines furnished by American varieties 
mange engaged my’ whole attention — es eek ope ote +. 
varieties ez, Rulander, 
Cynthiana, Black July, Elvira, cations tne are found 
» be sweeter andl richer than the musts of our best 
southern varieties : The moun tain wines of 
July, Jacquez, Norton., and Cynthiana; color, alcohol, sa- 
: ean eae ae 
> o -* , g§, an 
‘their products are equal to the good wines of the Pro- 
richness of the » Norton, 
- do not yield in the least to the deep-color wines rae 
oe Of those named, none except the Clinton wines 
have able taste; and evenof the Clinton we 
— obtain, by: blending, age, clarification, &c,, a wine 
approac ur 
’ that besides erating, which enables us to obtain our 
of many American varieties can give us wines of true 
 walue.......... I hope that the prejudice against these 
_ Wines by persons who never tasted any others than 
aes alin wine si} f° ¥}- #, +. ort 
£17 % 
ns 
. THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. 
Wine is itself an apostle of temperance. The best 
medical authorities, such — i haneset, Modical pe 
t f+} T A evinm + 
, 
+h 2. 2 4 fé¢ha™, ea ee hes 
wh + a ; om es 
shown by 
a int, 
alcoholic excesses, DECREASED in n proportion as in each 
nd beer inc 
ecitilige it The Frene h Temperance Society aims to 
al. 
seovering modes of detecting them, punishi 
terations, and encouraging the use of pure, cheap wine, 
beer, tea, and coffee, as the best means of curing the 
Ngo for distilled al cohol. 
who were strong oe of wine before they visited 
those countries, w testify that where wine is most 
abundant, shine a nerally wu: by the people, 
drunkenness d erance 
physicians, scientists, isla of all intelligent 
en. Such a Society in America, if properly organi 
ive similar support intelligent citi- 
zens of our country; but our Tem cieties here, 
er absolute prohibition, regardless of 
aro ite of aise liberty, i injare the very cause 
ey aacvo wisdom. 
si thins hisses aqatp the art of making wine and 
its uses have existed all over the world; and whereso- 
ever the atrempt has been made to suppress | it (as in 
China), th r ce 
of invigorating wine. Let wine and beer: drinking be 
prohibited, and the t tippling of 
z the increase of vice and intemperance, 
— be the consequence - Inall civilized countries 
ii tive b A witl hurch 
uses it in her sacred service as the symbol of God’s 
familiar creature if it be well 
dence of experience.” acres, : tbe a of wine has reached hun- 
tk li Amer- | dreds of millions of gallons; a mere insignificant pro- 
ean people | will, finally yield, and 1 will rather trust to | portion of the grape production can be utilized for the 
_ thei and culinary purposes; none Ame va- 
aware that there exists still another pre- 
_Iudice“one' which condenms all wines, both native and 
sera aa kn 
cannot close this chapter without a few words on 
| * Am. Wine and Fruit Grower, August, 1882, page 75, 
a 
is and will ever remain inseparabl 
WINE—“that makes glad the heart of man.”—Ps, civ. 15. 
